More money per pupil than any country, and the Sun even close. We ranked near the bottom of the list in terms of success. Those are two stats. You don't want the most money spent per pupil and you're at the bottom of the list. And that's when we are like it.

More money per pupil than any country, and the Sun even close. We ranked near the bottom of the list in terms of success. Those are two stats. You don't want the most money spent per pupil and you're at the bottom of the list. And that's when we are like it.

We're not. You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.

We're not. You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.

Good Friday morning.

Good Friday morning.

Ben Ferguson with you, and it's so nice to have you on the forty seven Morning Update. And here are the big three stories we're talking about today. Donald Trump signs the executive order dismantling the Department of Education. So what does this mean for you in the state that you live in. It's going to have a big impact, and I'll break it down for you. Also, Hollywood going all in against Elon, even accusing him of quote killing people as they organize to terrorize Tesla owners and dealerships and finally attempted murder. Fifteen plus conservatives have been targeted by swatting attacks in a one week period.

Ben Ferguson with you, and it's so nice to have you on the forty seven Morning Update. And here are the big three stories we're talking about today. Donald Trump signs the executive order dismantling the Department of Education. So what does this mean for you in the state that you live in. It's going to have a big impact, and I'll break it down for you. Also, Hollywood going all in against Elon, even accusing him of quote killing people as they organize to terrorize Tesla owners and dealerships and finally attempted murder. Fifteen plus conservatives have been targeted by swatting attacks in a one week period.

Who's behind it? I'll explain that as well.

Who's behind it? I'll explain that as well.

It's a forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.

It's a forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.

Story number one.

Story number one.

It is official the Department of Education has been significantly dismantled. In a new Donald Trump executive order, the White House says the initiative seeks to turnover education do families instead of bureaucracies.

It is official the Department of Education has been significantly dismantled. In a new Donald Trump executive order, the White House says the initiative seeks to turnover education do families instead of bureaucracies.

The President explaining it this way, Today.

The President explaining it this way, Today.

We take a very historic action that was forty five years in the making. In a few moments, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all. And it sounds strange, doesn't it. Department of Education. We're going to eliminate it. And everybody knows it's right. And the Democrats know it's right, and I hope they're going to be voting for it because ultimately it may come before them, but everybody knows it's right. Then we have to get our children educated. We're not doing well with the world of education in this country, and we haven't for a long time.

We take a very historic action that was forty five years in the making. In a few moments, I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all. And it sounds strange, doesn't it. Department of Education. We're going to eliminate it. And everybody knows it's right. And the Democrats know it's right, and I hope they're going to be voting for it because ultimately it may come before them, but everybody knows it's right. Then we have to get our children educated. We're not doing well with the world of education in this country, and we haven't for a long time.

We haven't for a long time.

We haven't for a long time.

The President said on the campaign trail that it was time to return education of parents and communities, and he also said in this executive order that it directs the Secretary of Education to quote, take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education. Return education authority to each state while continuing to ensure the effectiveness and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely. In translation, he knows the fear mongering the left is going to do, claiming that a school will close and your kid will not be educated during this time of change, President making it clear in the executive action that is not an option. The order also directs that programs or activities receiving any remaining Department of Education funds will not advance DEI or gender ideology. Dismantling bureaucracy and empowering families is what this order is all about. Federal government control of education has failed students, parents, and teachers. The President saying this about the history of the Department of Education.

The President said on the campaign trail that it was time to return education of parents and communities, and he also said in this executive order that it directs the Secretary of Education to quote, take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education. Return education authority to each state while continuing to ensure the effectiveness and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely. In translation, he knows the fear mongering the left is going to do, claiming that a school will close and your kid will not be educated during this time of change, President making it clear in the executive action that is not an option. The order also directs that programs or activities receiving any remaining Department of Education funds will not advance DEI or gender ideology. Dismantling bureaucracy and empowering families is what this order is all about. Federal government control of education has failed students, parents, and teachers. The President saying this about the history of the Department of Education.

President Carter created the Federal Education Department in nineteen seventy nine. It was opposed by members of his own cabinet, as well as the American Federation of Teachers, the New York Times editorial board, and the famed Democrat Senator Daniel Patrick moynihan. History has proven them right, absolutely right. After forty five years, the United States spends more money on education by far than any other country. And spends likewise by far more money per pupil than any country, and it's not even close. But yet we ranked near the bottom of the list in terms of success. It's an amazing stat Those are two stats you don't want spent for pupil, and you're at the bottom of the list. And that's where we are, like it or not, and we've been there for a long time.

President Carter created the Federal Education Department in nineteen seventy nine. It was opposed by members of his own cabinet, as well as the American Federation of Teachers, the New York Times editorial board, and the famed Democrat Senator Daniel Patrick moynihan. History has proven them right, absolutely right. After forty five years, the United States spends more money on education by far than any other country. And spends likewise by far more money per pupil than any country, and it's not even close. But yet we ranked near the bottom of the list in terms of success. It's an amazing stat Those are two stats you don't want spent for pupil, and you're at the bottom of the list. And that's where we are, like it or not, and we've been there for a long time.

Just how bad is it? Well?

Just how bad is it? Well?

Since nineteen seventy nine, the Department of Education, which does not directly educate students, has spent over three trillion dollars without improving student achievements as measured by Standardized National Assessment of Educational Progress scores. The federal taxpayers have spent around two in dred billion in additional education funding during COVID nineteen, which, given the substantial learning laws that resulted, typifies the ineffectiveness of the current federally driven model. Mathematics and reading scores are down in public schools as well, despite per pupil spending having increased by more than two one hundred and seventy five percent since nineteen seventies, indicating that more spending does not mean a better education for our kids in public schools.

Since nineteen seventy nine, the Department of Education, which does not directly educate students, has spent over three trillion dollars without improving student achievements as measured by Standardized National Assessment of Educational Progress scores. The federal taxpayers have spent around two in dred billion in additional education funding during COVID nineteen, which, given the substantial learning laws that resulted, typifies the ineffectiveness of the current federally driven model. Mathematics and reading scores are down in public schools as well, despite per pupil spending having increased by more than two one hundred and seventy five percent since nineteen seventies, indicating that more spending does not mean a better education for our kids in public schools.

How bad is it?

How bad is it?

Thirteen year old's mathematics scores are the lowest they've been in decades. Thirteen year old's reading scores are the lowest since testing began over thirty years ago. Right now, and low performing students are following further behind.

Thirteen year old's mathematics scores are the lowest they've been in decades. Thirteen year old's reading scores are the lowest since testing began over thirty years ago. Right now, and low performing students are following further behind.

In twenty twenty three, thirteen Baltimore.

In twenty twenty three, thirteen Baltimore.

Maryland high schools had zero students who tested proficient in mathematics. The Department of Education burden schools with regulations and paperwork. The President said as well, saying it's time now to allow the states and ultimately the parents to do what is best for their kids. To put in perspective, Biden's Department of Education added rules that imposed nearly three point nine billion in costs and four million, two hundred and thirty nine thousand, five hundred and thirty paper work hours. If you want to know what's killing our education system, it's clearly the bureaucracy of the federal government.

Maryland high schools had zero students who tested proficient in mathematics. The Department of Education burden schools with regulations and paperwork. The President said as well, saying it's time now to allow the states and ultimately the parents to do what is best for their kids. To put in perspective, Biden's Department of Education added rules that imposed nearly three point nine billion in costs and four million, two hundred and thirty nine thousand, five hundred and thirty paper work hours. If you want to know what's killing our education system, it's clearly the bureaucracy of the federal government.

Now, story number two, there is a.

Now, story number two, there is a.

War happening right now against every Tesla owner in the country and every dealership and every employee Tesla, and it's being organized by the left. You may have noticed a trend that every time the left doesn't get what they want. There is money that comes in to organize quote activists to go after whatever it is they want to get rid of. You may remember the summer violence. We're even on TV as police stations were being burned to the ground behind reporters. They were calling the protest quote mostly peaceful protests. Well, now their new target is Tesla because of Elon Musk, a man that is totally saving the American people hundreds of billions of dollars finding waste, fraud and abuse. So what's the best way to get him to stop doing that work? Try to bankrupt his companies. John Cusack, for example, the famous actor, appeared on what they're now calling a Tesla takedown. They even have graphics and in essence of TV channel where they talk bad about Elon Musk and make people want to burn Tesla's or shoot them up, which is exactly what's happening all over the country. What did John Cusack actually say? He said that Elon Musk is quote literally killing people. Why would he say that to justify the extreme violence coming from those that have been activated. Here's what he had to say on acts about Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

War happening right now against every Tesla owner in the country and every dealership and every employee Tesla, and it's being organized by the left. You may have noticed a trend that every time the left doesn't get what they want. There is money that comes in to organize quote activists to go after whatever it is they want to get rid of. You may remember the summer violence. We're even on TV as police stations were being burned to the ground behind reporters. They were calling the protest quote mostly peaceful protests. Well, now their new target is Tesla because of Elon Musk, a man that is totally saving the American people hundreds of billions of dollars finding waste, fraud and abuse. So what's the best way to get him to stop doing that work? Try to bankrupt his companies. John Cusack, for example, the famous actor, appeared on what they're now calling a Tesla takedown. They even have graphics and in essence of TV channel where they talk bad about Elon Musk and make people want to burn Tesla's or shoot them up, which is exactly what's happening all over the country. What did John Cusack actually say? He said that Elon Musk is quote literally killing people. Why would he say that to justify the extreme violence coming from those that have been activated. Here's what he had to say on acts about Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

He said, you know, Musk is kind of this arch villain of late stage capitalism, and he seems like this clown and this buffoon. Like Alex said, you know, this is a man who made a sighile Nazi salute not only in public, but at a presidential victory party. It's good to remember that these are unprecedented times of mass criminality going on in the United States right now, and that, like Trump, Musk is a pathological liar. He's a criminal, he's a sociopath and a ghoul. And I mean those terms very precisely because who else would use his own child as a sympathy prop while literally taking starving aid away from people all over the world. He's literally killing people. People are going to die because of this madness. He's a man who threw eighty thousand people from the VA out of work indiscriminately. And as far as the plunder, I would urge everybody to really follow Bernie Sanders Fighting Oligarchy tour and listen to what he has to say, because the list of abuses is too big to even tackle within five or ten minutes. But I think it's important to know that not only are they trying to steal everything that isn't bolted down to the floor. But as they get into these systems and plunder, they're also He's also interested in the metadata. So when he gets into the treasury, the metadata is all the connections between all of us who are talking right now. Everything we've ever looked at online, every car we've ever tried to buy, or time, any movie we watched, anything we've done. All that stuff is metadata. Is like the new oil for these people.

He said, you know, Musk is kind of this arch villain of late stage capitalism, and he seems like this clown and this buffoon. Like Alex said, you know, this is a man who made a sighile Nazi salute not only in public, but at a presidential victory party. It's good to remember that these are unprecedented times of mass criminality going on in the United States right now, and that, like Trump, Musk is a pathological liar. He's a criminal, he's a sociopath and a ghoul. And I mean those terms very precisely because who else would use his own child as a sympathy prop while literally taking starving aid away from people all over the world. He's literally killing people. People are going to die because of this madness. He's a man who threw eighty thousand people from the VA out of work indiscriminately. And as far as the plunder, I would urge everybody to really follow Bernie Sanders Fighting Oligarchy tour and listen to what he has to say, because the list of abuses is too big to even tackle within five or ten minutes. But I think it's important to know that not only are they trying to steal everything that isn't bolted down to the floor. But as they get into these systems and plunder, they're also He's also interested in the metadata. So when he gets into the treasury, the metadata is all the connections between all of us who are talking right now. Everything we've ever looked at online, every car we've ever tried to buy, or time, any movie we watched, anything we've done. All that stuff is metadata. Is like the new oil for these people.

Isn't it amazing that this is John Cusack literally accusing Elon Musk of doing exactly what the Democratic Party was doing to conservatives while on social media, and now saying it because of these accusations, which are absolutely bogus and insane, that now you are justified to go out and attack Tesla owners and the dealerships. Even the Daily Show in other news outlets getting in on the action. This is the host, and you can hear the audience cheering the violence, Jim.

Isn't it amazing that this is John Cusack literally accusing Elon Musk of doing exactly what the Democratic Party was doing to conservatives while on social media, and now saying it because of these accusations, which are absolutely bogus and insane, that now you are justified to go out and attack Tesla owners and the dealerships. Even the Daily Show in other news outlets getting in on the action. This is the host, and you can hear the audience cheering the violence, Jim.

They're taking to the streets or the parking lots.

They're taking to the streets or the parking lots.

Should I be FBI and ATF now investigating multiple cases of possible arsen targeting Tesla's and cyber trucks.

Should I be FBI and ATF now investigating multiple cases of possible arsen targeting Tesla's and cyber trucks.

The dramatic video shows multiple cars and flames.

The dramatic video shows multiple cars and flames.

Police say the attacker used molotov cocktails.

Police say the attacker used molotov cocktails.

It's the latest in more than a dozen instances of arson and vandalism targeting Tesla.

It's the latest in more than a dozen instances of arson and vandalism targeting Tesla.

The same suspects shot more Teslas with a gun. Tesla cyber trucks were set on fire in Kansas City, and earlier this month, shots fired in a Tesla dealership in Oregon. Cyber trucks on fire in Seattle.

The same suspects shot more Teslas with a gun. Tesla cyber trucks were set on fire in Kansas City, and earlier this month, shots fired in a Tesla dealership in Oregon. Cyber trucks on fire in Seattle.

Wow, you guys like petniacs of domestic terrorism, Jim.

Wow, you guys like petniacs of domestic terrorism, Jim.

You can hear the audience. They're so excited about this type of violence.

You can hear the audience. They're so excited about this type of violence.

Thank goodness.

Thank goodness.

The Attorney General, Pam Bondi has stepped in announcing charges for Tesla attacks and warning against domestic terrorism, saying quote, if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars.

The Attorney General, Pam Bondi has stepped in announcing charges for Tesla attacks and warning against domestic terrorism, saying quote, if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars.

Thank goodness, law and.

Thank goodness, law and.

Order is back at the Department of Justice and at the FBI.

Order is back at the Department of Justice and at the FBI.

And finally, story number three.

And finally, story number three.

If there's anything that's become clear in the last two months, is that the left has become completely unhinged. Now you can add attempted murder plus fifteen conservatives have been targeted by swatting attacks in a single week. A series of swatting incidents targeting conservative commentators and journalists have transpired nearly every evening since March the eleventh. This according to the victims, who are sharing video, surveillance footage and photos of the events, sparking questions as to who is engaging in what Representative Andy Ogles described as domestic terrorism and attempted murder. THEI Director Cashptel, and the Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Christinomes have also reacted to the wave of dangerous crimes. In terms, swatting refers to an anonymous attacker targeting someone for making a false call to emergency services, using anonymous tools like Google Voice or VPNs to make it appear the call is coming from a certain location and telling authorities a murder or hostage event is transpiring at a particular address. Swatting is designed to prompt swat teams to arrive at the targeted home and descend on the unsuspecting victims, which in the past have led to deadly encounters and murder charges for the offender. At the time of this story breaking, there has been at least fifteen figures already in conservative politics and media that have reported being swatted within the course of the last week. The string of swatting ensigns seemingly began on the evening of March eleven, with info Wars reporter revealing in an early morning ex post that six to eight police officers used a pacism to call me by name and order me to walk out of my house. I was handcuffed in the middle of the street, presumably at gunpoint, though I couldn't tell because the lights being shined in my face. I was then led into the house, where my wife was woken up, and we were informed that they received a call from someone pretending to be me threatening to kill my family. Then after that many others received the exact same treatment. Another reporter was swatted not once, but twice in a single day, and many other journalists are now saying it's very clear they were all targeted in a coordinated attack. Federal government now saying very clearly they are gonna hunt down those who are making these calls and putting conservative commentators lives at risk.

If there's anything that's become clear in the last two months, is that the left has become completely unhinged. Now you can add attempted murder plus fifteen conservatives have been targeted by swatting attacks in a single week. A series of swatting incidents targeting conservative commentators and journalists have transpired nearly every evening since March the eleventh. This according to the victims, who are sharing video, surveillance footage and photos of the events, sparking questions as to who is engaging in what Representative Andy Ogles described as domestic terrorism and attempted murder. THEI Director Cashptel, and the Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Christinomes have also reacted to the wave of dangerous crimes. In terms, swatting refers to an anonymous attacker targeting someone for making a false call to emergency services, using anonymous tools like Google Voice or VPNs to make it appear the call is coming from a certain location and telling authorities a murder or hostage event is transpiring at a particular address. Swatting is designed to prompt swat teams to arrive at the targeted home and descend on the unsuspecting victims, which in the past have led to deadly encounters and murder charges for the offender. At the time of this story breaking, there has been at least fifteen figures already in conservative politics and media that have reported being swatted within the course of the last week. The string of swatting ensigns seemingly began on the evening of March eleven, with info Wars reporter revealing in an early morning ex post that six to eight police officers used a pacism to call me by name and order me to walk out of my house. I was handcuffed in the middle of the street, presumably at gunpoint, though I couldn't tell because the lights being shined in my face. I was then led into the house, where my wife was woken up, and we were informed that they received a call from someone pretending to be me threatening to kill my family. Then after that many others received the exact same treatment. Another reporter was swatted not once, but twice in a single day, and many other journalists are now saying it's very clear they were all targeted in a coordinated attack. Federal government now saying very clearly they are gonna hunt down those who are making these calls and putting conservative commentators lives at risk.

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